Crispy Smashed Potatoes

Crispy… Tasty… Simple… Some of my favorite words. My type of recipe. An easy potato side dish that will become one of your all-time favorites. The basic idea is to boil some smaller potatoes in salt water until soft. About 30 minutes. Smash them on an oiled pan, top with oil, salt, pepper and anything else you want. Then bake them at a relatively high temp until browning and crunchy. About 20 minutes. Your basic 2/10 skill level.

I started by reading many recipes. I’ll pick a Pioneer Woman recipe as the inspiration, but it could have been any of 3 or 4.

Rating

This is a solid 4.

Notes: I will be doing this again many times. Tonight I have some bacon in the fridge, and I’m making “loaded smashed potatoes” with bacon and cheese. I ended up baking at 400 degrees since I was doing other baking. It took 30 minutes to finish. I used my 7:2:1 seasoning for that garlic taste. Of course scale to the amount you need.

In a pan big enough to hold the amount of potatoes you want, add water and some salt. Here I have 3-4 cups of water, I added one tsp of salt and brought to a boil over high heat.

Scrub some smaller potatoes. These are about 1 1/2 inch red potatoes.

Add the potatoes to the water. Be sure you cover the potatoes with the water. Cover with a lid and reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 30 minutes until “fork tender”. This is when you can stick it with a fork and meet only a little resistance, and it comes out easily. Preheat oven to 450.

Add olive oil to a non-stick baking pan with an edge. Use enough to have it “pool” a little, not just a coat. Add the potatoes and “smash” to about 1/2 inch thick. I used a potato masher, but the bottom of a large glass would work also.

Brush top with more olive oil.

Sprinkle with salt, pepper and anything else you want. I used my 7-2-1 seasoning mix which also has garlic in it.

Bake until brown and crisp. About 20-25 minutes.

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Crispy… Tasty… Simple… Some of my favorite words. My type of recipe. An easy potato side dish that will become one of your all-time favorites. Your basic 2/10 skill level. Scale to the amount you need.

CoursePotato

CuisineAmerican

Servings

Prep Time

4servings

30minutes

Cook Time

25minutes

Servings

Prep Time

4servings

30minutes

Cook Time

25minutes

Crispy Smashed Potatoes

Votes: 3 Rating: 5 You:

Rate this recipe!

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Crispy… Tasty… Simple… Some of my favorite words. My type of recipe. An easy potato side dish that will become one of your all-time favorites. Your basic 2/10 skill level. Scale to the amount you need.

CoursePotato

CuisineAmerican

Servings

Prep Time

4servings

30minutes

Cook Time

25minutes

Servings

Prep Time

4servings

30minutes

Cook Time

25minutes

Ingredients

4red potatoes 1 1/2 inch

olive oil

salt and water

7:2:1 or 7:2:2 seasoningor kosher salt and pepper

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Instructions

In a pan big enough to hold the amount of potatoes you want, add water and some salt. I had 3-4 cups of water, and I added 1 tsp of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat.

Scrub some smaller potatoes. I used 1 1/2 inch red potatoes.

Add the potatoes to the water. Be sure you cover the potatoes with the water.

Cover with a lid and reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 30 minutes until “fork tender”. This is when you can stick it with a fork and meet only a little resistance, and it comes out easily. Preheat oven to 450.

Add olive oil to a nonstick baking pan with an edge. Use enough to have it “pool” a little, not just a coat. Add the potatoes and “smash” to about 1/2 inch thick. I used a potato masher, but the bottom of a large glass would work also.

Brush top with more olive oil. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and anything else you want. I used my 7-2-1 seasoning mix which also has garlic in it.

Bake until brown and crisp. About 20-25 minutes.

Last Updated July 7, 2016

Nutrition Facts

Crispy Smashed Potatoes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 63Calories from Fat 45

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 5g8%

Saturated Fat 1g5%

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 4g

Sodium 560mg23%

Total Carbohydrates 4g1%

Dietary Fiber 0.5g2%

Sugars 0.2g

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin C1%

Iron1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

All nutritional information are estimates and can vary from your actual results. This is home cooking and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

Used this recipe last nite with white potatoes and wife and I loved them. I did use a small amount of sour cream and bacon bits. They were delicious and I loved the crunchiness . Will definitely use recipe again.

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